Summary: This portion of Decoded is the final third of my IRB book. In this section, Jay-Z (the author) inspirations for his more recent music. He discusses issues such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the election of Barack Obama as inspiration for his music. He also talks about how fortunate he has been, and choses to give back to those who come from unfortunate circumstances such as his own.
Context: The context of this section is life recently for Jay-Z and how he has come to adjust to fame, and how his music has grown. You see his music and lyrics change with his lifestyle and experiences. The exigence of this is to wrap up Jay-Z's life and give an overall reflection of his life.
Purpose: As said before, this final section was to wrap up Jay-Z's life as an artist and conclude his story with who his is today because of his past. He discusses current issues he is facing with music and producing, and his plans for the future. He also reflects on how music has changed his life.
Rhetorical Elements: This section was personally much easier to relate to. Having experienced events that Jay-Z raps about, I feel extremely connected to what he is saying, which I'm sure many other readers also experience. In this way he appeals to one's memory, and gives a reader more insight to his music and the events he raps about. I feel that this section was also appealing to logic because this section was all based on current events and the aftermath in the media.
I overall really enjoyed this book, even though at times it felt I could not relate to Jay-Z because he obviously lives very differently from myself. I found the book very interesting, and found myself searching his songs and understanding his lyrics, which I never had any insight to before.
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